Lisowicia bojani Sulej & Niedźwiedzki, 2018
Systematics: Synapsida Therapsida Dicynodontia Stahleckeriidae
Size: 4.5 m long
Type Horizon and Locality: Late Triassic, Drawno Beds Fm, Norian, Opole, Poland
Type Specimen:
This elephant size Dicynodont, the largest of its kind, walked with an erect posture. The fossil has been known since 2008 but was formally described only in 2018.
November 22, 2018
References:
Tomasz Sulej, Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki. 2018. An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs. Science eaal4853
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